Nov 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: I hate airports. I hate sitting around and waiting, and I hate being unable to escape the thought that soon my plane will be the one zooming down the runway and lifting off into the sky. So rather than arrive early to the airport and allow myself time to get anxious about flying, I prefer to arrive at the last possible second, so that as I run through security and down the terminal, I don't have ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Nov 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: I hate airports. I hate sitting around and waiting, and I hate being unable to escape the thought that soon my plane will be the one zooming down the runway and lifting off into the sky. So rather than arrive early to the airport and allow myself time to get anxious about flying, I prefer to arrive at the last possible second, so that as I run through security and down the terminal, I don't have ...Iron Chef Morimoto working on skewered airport food
Oct 21st, 2009 at 3:00PM: Celebrity chef Masaharu Morimoto has partnered with a restaurant operator to bring a new Asian inspired food concept to US airports. The concept is called Skewers, and it will feature a variety of meat and vegetables on...skewers, of course. The meals will be served with rice bowls, and the idea is that this dish is highly portable and easy to bring on board your flight. The skewered dishes are ...Ten reasons why I dislike the airport
Oct 21st, 2009 at 10:00AM: I hate airports. It never used to be like this, because most of my travel used to take me abroad. I always looked forward to spending some time at the various major international Airports. Most of my travel nowadays is between US airports, and it is obvious all my years of international travel spoiled me for life. There are just a handful of decent airports in the US, but the vast majority are ...Man threatens to explode bomb at SFO, gets one-way ticket to jail
Oct 1st, 2009 at 5:40PM: If you have a problem with your plane ticket, do not, I repeat, DO NOT do what Oregonian Mark Field did this past Tuesday at San Francisco International Airport: He threatened Philippine Airlines' staff by waving his cellphone and saying, "I'm going to press this and blow up the plane."
Mention a bomb in an airport and you're in BIG trouble as Field quickly discovered. It doesn't matter how ...Airports go green with new eco-friendly initiatives
Aug 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Airports are little cities unto themselves. Many are even large enough to have their own zip codes. With so many people coming in and out, cars dropping off and picking up, and planes departing and landing, airports produce a whole lot of air pollution and physical ...The world's oddest airport names
Aug 14th, 2009 at 12:00PM: I once took a flight from Batman Airport, had a layover at Useless Loop and then landed at Monkey Mia. Okay, I didn't. But I could have flown in or out of those and several other airports with equally odd names. Batman is located in Turkey, and Useless Loop and Monkey Mia serve Western Australia.
Skyscanner has put together a list of some of the strangest airport names in the world, including ...The best and worst airports in America
Aug 2nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Chicago O'Hare, my home airport, has been ranked by Travel + Leisure as the 2nd worst airport in the country for its delayed flight percentages. But despite flying to and from the airport fairly often, I've never experienced the major delays it's best-known for. Maybe the airport gods know that, as someone who is terrified of flying, I'm already under enough stress and just couldn't take the added ...Layover: Seattle
Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Despite being the largest airport in the Pacific Northwest and serving as the hub for Alaska Airlines,(and its subsidiary, Horizon Air) Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport is surprisingly easy to navigate. Airport Revenue News honored it with the Best Overall Concessions award, and it does offer some great restaurants and shopping to keep you busy on a short layover.
If your plane isn't delayed on arrival ...Airport closed so plane can't land
Jul 25th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Yesterday there were two stories out there about rest stop closings. This story is about an airport, an airplane and a more problematic situation than a rest stop being closed when one is desperate to stop. If a rest stop is closed there are options. The side of the road works in a pinch. In the case of the airplane in a decent towards an airport, but the airport turns out to be closed, there's a ...The top 10 airports in the world - United States still missing from the lineup
Jun 22nd, 2009 at 3:00PM: Skytrax just released the 2009 winners of their annual "best airport in the world" survey. In total, 8.9 million passengers participated in the 10 month survey.
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Incheon Airport in South Korea took the top spot, knocking Hong Kong to second. Hong ...Smut bust at Sweden's airport authority: 7 fired, 1 quit
May 6th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Sweden's airport authority had problems with its computer systems ... caused by porn. An investigation has revealed that LFV Group employees were passing the time on adult websites while at work. Seven have been fired, and one employee quit as a result. Particularly loathsome is the fact that some of these employees accessed at least one website with child pornography.
This behavior was ...Wine flights taking off in Newark Liberty's Terminal C
May 5th, 2009 at 2:00PM: I tend to be a little anal-retentive when it comes to getting to the airport on-time for a flight. As such, I end up arriving a good 2+ hours before take-off. The upside is that, in all of my travels, I have only missed two flights because of my tardiness. The downside is that I've had to kill a tremendous amount of time in airports. Despite the fact that they are made for waiting, airport ...Fake bomb threat leads to probation
Apr 22nd, 2009 at 3:00PM: Mark Randall Rayborn will be on probation for the next four years. He was accused of telling an off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot that he had five pounds of explosives in his carry-on.
The plane was pulling back from the gate at Denver International Airport last year when Rayborn broke the news to the man sitting next to him while grabbing his bag. As a result of this episode, the flight was ...Pay to play in Aussie airport parking lots
Apr 10th, 2009 at 4:30PM: For the past decade, Australians have griped about the escalating cost of short-term airport parking. Accusations of monopoly pricing were leveled, and a year ago, the government got involved, having the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) keep an eye on parking lot fees at the country's five largest airports. The results are amazing. Airports pull in 11 percent of their revenue ...Luton Airport charges a passenger drop-off fee
Apr 8th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Want to be a good sport and drop off a friend at London Luton? It's gonna cost you. Luton's really starting to nickel and dime passengers. First, there was the £1 trolley (cart) usage fee. That seems pretty reasonable; I've been running around checking cart coin slots for quarters since I was a kid. But they also charge £1 for clear plastic bags, should you need one to get your ...Delta passenger busts open exit door at JFK
Mar 31st, 2009 at 3:00PM: Every passenger stuck on the ground fantasizes about busting open the door and liberating people on the plane. For me, it usually involves the battle cry, "I GRANT YOU FREEDOM!!!" Of course, I'm no Robert McDonald. He acted on these urges during a delay at John F. Kennedy International Airport (yep, no surprise there). The Glasgow, Scotland resident was charged with reckless and endangerment and ...Don't take air travel for granted
Will Chicago get an airport on the South Side?
Mar 17th, 2009 at 1:30PM: In May, I'm flying into Chicago. My friends live in Bolingbrook, a suburb to the south about 35 miles from downtown. According to Map Quest, it will take me 54 minutes to get to their house. I'm thinking, if I'm lucky. Traffic through Chicago can be a nightmare. This summer we drove right by downtown at 1:00 in the morning and traffic was still heavy, so heavy that we missed a toll booth lane and ...March "lion" slams east coast
Mar 2nd, 2009 at 5:30PM: From New Hampshire to the Carolinas, March came in, as the saying goes, like a lion. Snow, sleet and wind gusts reaching 30 mph have lead to for motor vehicle deaths, school closings and chaos at airports.
More than 900 flights have been canceled at New York area airports (JFK, Newark and LaGuardia). Hundreds more at Logan International Airport in Boston never left the ground, where the airport ...Heathrow annoying, Americans rude according to some social network
Feb 22nd, 2009 at 5:00PM: The members of social network Where Are you Now? have spoken! Heathrow is the worst airport in the world, according to voters, thanks to passport control lines and baggage problems. The Brits don't get all the glory, though. JFK in New York and Los Angeles picked up spots #2 and #3, respectively. The good news, for Heathrow and JFK, at least, is that both were at the top of the list for security. ...
